2018 Scholarship Opportunities

We are happy to announce that the board has approved increasing two of our local scholarship amounts from $1,000 to $1,500.

The deadline has been extended to March 7, 2018.

the Halifax SWCD will be awarding three scholarships. This local scholarship opportunity includes two J. T. Burton Natural Resources Scholarships for the amount of $1,500 and one Halifax SWCD Memorial Scholarship for the amount of $1,000. Scholarship applicants should be majoring in, or show a strong desire to major in, a college course curriculum related to natural resource conservation and/or environmental studies. Halifax SWCD will also select one applicant to be considered for state-wide scholarship opportunities. A single application should be submitted to the Halifax SWCE office by March 7, 2018 to be considered for all scholarship opportunities listed above.

All meetings will be held at the Halifax County Agricultural Marketing Center from 9 am until 11 am. Please RSVP to Halifax SWCD at 434-476-7923 by the day before the meeting. The meetings are free to attend.

February 26, 27 - Industrial Hemp Summit; IALR Danville

Photo Contest

“Conservation through the seasons.” Capture those vibrant moments and express what conservation looks like to you throughout the seasons! The contest is from Feb. 1st- Aug. 15th, 2018 and people can submit up to 10 photos. For more information please check out our website http://vaswcd.org/photocontest